The Battle of Octavian

Antony was cut off from his supply bases in egypt after agrippa had captured methone the month before. Dysentery and malaria swept through the antonian camp, killing scores of men daily. In mid august Antony tried to break out on a foggy day by sending what warships he could staff out of the strait. He tried to surprise octavian's blockade into scattering long enough to make escape possible for the rest of the fleet. But the attempt failed when agrippa coincidently arrived with reinforcements just as the attack was about to get under way. Finally, at the end of august, antony withdrew back to his original camp and